Downton Abbey returns this autumn with a fifth series and again at Christmas 2014 with a feature length episode.

In the U.K. Series 4 of Downton Abbey saw the strongest ever series launch, with 12 million viewers tuning in and an overall 40% audience share, and the series consolidated at 11.9 million across the run. Downton Abbey hit a new record high in the U.S. with its Series 4 opener on MASTERPIECE on PBS, averaging 15 millions viewers, an increase of 39 percent from the series 3 opening episode. The show’s fourth series became the highest rating TV Drama in PBS’s history and reached over 26 million viewers, a 2 million increase on Series 3. Downton Abbey is now one of the highest rating shows on American television.

Downton Abbey is a Carnival Films/MASTERPIECE Co-Production, executive produced by Gareth Neame, Julian Fellowes and Liz Trubridge. Carnival Films is part of NBCUniversal International Television Production.